Euryplacidae
Family of crustaceans
| Euryplacidae | |
|---|---|
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| Eucrate crenata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Brachyura |
| Superfamily: | Goneplacoidea |
| Family: | Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871 |
Euryplacidae is a family of crabs in the superfamily Goneplacoidea which consists of 14 existing genera and 31 existing species and 8 fossil genera and 15 fossil species.
Genera
There are 14 currently recognised extant genera in the family Euryplacidae:[1]
- Eucrate De Haan, 1835
- Euryplax Stimpson, 1859
- Frevillea A. Milne-Edwards, 1880
- Henicoplax Castro & Ng, 2010
- Heteroplax Stimpson, 1858
- Machaerus Leach, 1818
- Nancyplax Lemaitre, García-Gómez, von Sternberg & Campos, 2001
- Platyozius Borradaile, 1902
- Psopheticoides Sakai, 1969
- Systroplax Castro & Ng, 2010
- Trissoplax Castro & Ng, 2010
- Trizocarcinus Rathbun, 1914
- Villoplax Castro & Ng, 2010
- Xenocrate Ng & Castro, 2007
- †Chirinocarcinus Karasawa & Schweitzer, 2004
- †Chlinocephalus Ristori, 1886
- †Corallicarcinus Müller & Collins, 1991
- †Orbitoplax Tucker & Feldmann, 1990
- †Palaeopsopheticus Hu & Tao, 1996
- †Simonellia Vinassa de Regny, 1897
- †Stoaplax Vega, Cosma, Coutiño, Feldmann, Nyborg, Schweitzer & Waugh, 2001
- †Viaplax Karasawa & Kato, 2003
† = Extinct
References
- ^ P. Davie; M. Turkay (2009). "Euryplacidae Stimpson, 1871". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
